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		Guillermo Vilas (born August 17, 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former Argentine professional tennis player.
		A left-handed baseliner Vilas' best season on tour was 1977 when he not only won two of the four majors but also 16 of the 31 ATP tournaments he entered (absolute record in the Open Era), a record which at the time had only ever been equaled by the legendary Rod Laver.
		Vilas is single-handedly responsible for the popularity of tennis in Argentina or even Latin America.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Guillermo_Vilas (937 words)

	Print Article: Pioneer Vilas still holds court in Melbourne
		Vilas came to Melbourne this week on the 25th anniversary of his first Australian Open title, which was actually December 1978, when he defeated John Marks, one of those embarrassingly low-ranked finalists of that era, in the final at Kooyong.
		Vilas is well aware of his standing in his homeland, which he gets back to regularly, for his tennis club.
		Vilas used to practise for hours on end, devoting time to preparing that was unprecedented (though he says he also learned this from Australians, such as Rosewall).
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/01/30/1075340842498.html (734 words)

	Vilas bitter at the idea of losing clay record - Boston.com
		Guillermo Vilas says he is not impressed by Rafael Nadal's winning streak on clay even though the Spaniard will break the Argentine's record if he comes through his first round at the French Open on Monday.
		PARIS (Reuters) - Guillermo Vilas says he is not impressed by Rafael Nadal's winning streak on clay even though the Spaniard will break the Argentine's record if he comes through his first round at the French Open on Monday.
		Vilas, who confessed he had to call the ATP to have confirmation of a record he had ignored, had his 1977 run ended in the Aix-en-Provence tournament semi-finals by Ilie Nastase.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2006/05/29/vilas_bitter_at_the_idea_of_losing_clay_record (307 words)

	DeLorenzo's Dugout - Club House
		Vilas was born August 17, 1952 in the beach resort of Mar del Plata, 250 miles southeast of Buenos Aires.
		Vilas would remain a fixture in the top ten for nine consecutive years (1974-83) Vilas used the 1977 season to showcase his talents.
		Vilas also was a three-time Grand Prix winner and led his native Argentina to the Davis Cup finals in 1981, where they were defeated by the McEnroe-led U.S. team.
	www.delorenzosdugout.com /vilas.htm (1036 words)

	Guillermo Vilas at AllExperts
		Guillermo Vilas (born August 17, 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a star professional tennis player.
		Vilas is single-handedly responsible for the popularity of tennis in Argentina.
		In 1977, Guillermo Vilas played 31 ATP Tour Singles Tournaments, entered 22 finals (including 3 Grand Slam Tournaments) and won 16 titles (Record of number of singles titles won by one player in a year in the Open Era, including 2 Grand Slam titles).
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/gu/guillermo_vilas.htm (563 words)

	Nadal bursting with pride after breaking Vilas mark - Boston.com
		Rafael Nadal was bursting with pride after he broke Guillermo Vilas's record of 53 consecutive claycourt wins with a 6-2 7-5 6-1 victory over Swede Robin Soderling in the first round of the French Open on Monday.
		PARIS (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal was bursting with pride after he broke Guillermo Vilas's record of 53 consecutive claycourt wins with a 6-2 7-5 6-1 victory over Swede Robin Soderling in the first round of the French Open on Monday.
		Vilas compiled his winning streak in 1977, the year he won his only French Open title and the Argentine presented him with a special trophy on court after the match.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2006/05/29/nadal_bursting_with_pride_after_breaking_vilas_mark (421 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Tennis \| Nadal seals record-breaking win
		Nadal was embraced by Vilas on centre court after the win and the Argentine presented the second seed with a trophy to commemorate his record.
		Vilas' record came to an end in controversial fashion against Ilie Nastase, who was using a double-strung racquet.
		Vilas was incensed after losing the match 7-5 6-1 and the racquet was later banned.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/tennis/5025472.stm (300 words)

	Guillermo Vilas
		En ese año, y con 16 títulos, Guillermo Vilas fue el jugador que más torneos ganó en una temporada seguido por Ilie Nastase (15 títulos en 1973), Jimmy Connors (15 títulos en 1974), Iván Lendl (15 títulos en 1982), Bjorn Borg (13 títulos en 1979) y John McEnroe (13 títulos en 1984).
		Además, con 50 triunfos, Vilas fue el tenista que más partidos ganó en forma consecutiva seguido por: Bjorn Borg (49 partidos en 1978), Iván Lendl (44 partidos entre 1981 y 1982), John McEnroe (42 partidos en 1984), Bjorn Borg (40 partidos entre 1979 y 1980) y Thomas Muster (35 partidos en 1995).
		Guillermo Vilas fue uno de los tenistas más destacados del país y motor de una auténtica revolución que popularizó un deporte hasta entonces de interés para círculos restringidos.
	www.todo-argentina.net /biografias/Personajes/guillermo_vilas.htm (427 words)

	Chat with Argentinan tennis star Guillermo Vilas - Community & Chat - Forums - Celebrity Chats - CBS SportsLine
		Guillermo Vilas: Venus Williams, as a newcomer who has had some success, is helping because there's a new person on the circuit and no one knows how to play against her.
		Guillermo Vilas: When this Nuveen Tour came out, it was the greatest idea especially for me to be able to play tennis where I could still be around people and let people enjoy the game.
		Guillermo Vilas: I think that the reason that the Senior Golf Tour is so successful is because there's a lot of people at that age that are still very competitive and the Nuveen Tour needs to prove that.
	cbs.sportsline.com /u/chat/Vilas.htm (929 words)

	TennisReporters.net/Nadal busts Vilas record as Argentine whines
		Guillermo Vilas was not all warm and fuzzy about Rafael Nadal breaking his consecutive clay court win record.
		DAY 2 FROM ROLAND GARROS – Guillermo Vilas, who is known in higher tennis circles as the "international guest"for his unending visits to the all the Slams, was pretty bitter on Monday after Rafael Nadal broke his record with a convincing 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Robin Soderling in swirling winds in the first round.
		What Vilas was allegedly referring to was Nadal’s decision last summer to play Bastaad and Stuttgart after Wimbledon, but the Spaniard did notch wins over Ferrero, Robredo and Gaudio in those tournaments, two of them former RG champs and who just won Hamburg.
	www.tennisreporters.net /blog_rg_052906.html (657 words)

	Guillermo Vilas - Talk Tennis
		Vilas was very poetic as I know, back in the day, and he was a hard-working, class guy.
		Vilas rolls over the ball as he is brushing the ball for topspin - similar to hitting a topspin serve.
		There was a short period, before the French Open in 1980 i think, in which Vilas could cope with Borg (he beat him in the World Team Cup at Düsseldorf), but then he had an appendix operation, could not play at RG and wasn't the same player afterwards.
	tt.tennis-warehouse.com /showthread.php?t=53502 (1384 words)

	Guillermo Vilas - Reviews on RateItAll
		Vilas blended an artist's instinct with superb athletic ability to develop what are probably the most beautiful ground strokes the game has ever seen.
		Guillermo Vilas is the greatest tennis player of all time and will go down in history as the ultimate CHAMPION of the sport.
		If it weren't for Vilas, we would not have the top Argentine players that we have today for he has marked their path of hard work, determination and tenacity to its fullest.
	www.rateitall.com /i-19728-guillermo-vilas.aspx (807 words)

	MEDIAFAX Foto (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Argentinian tennis player Guillermo Vilas (right) and his trainer Romanian Ion Tiriac (left) are having a break here 1 june 1982 during a pratice at Roland Garros stadium prior to the French Tennis Open.
		Fostul tenisman argentinian Guillermo Vilas (in imagine), care se afla la Bucuresti pentru a sustine un meci demonstrativ cu Ilie Nastase, a declarat, simbata, în cadrul unei conferinte de presa, ca romanul a fost un jucator care a revolutionat acest sport.
		Fostul tenisman argentinian Guillermo Vilas, care se afla la Bucuresti pentru a sustine un meci demonstrativ cu Ilie Nastase, a declarat, simbata, în cadrul unei conferinte de presa, ca romanul a fost un jucator care a revolutionat acest sport.
	www.mediafaxfoto.ro /photos.php?search[search_type]=exact_phrase&search[look_in][keywords]=1&search[keyword]=guillermo%20vilas&search[section]=&search[submit]=Cauta (260 words)

	Tennis Week
		Guillermo Vilas: I hear people say "Agassi should retire because of this and that." But you should retire the way you are and the way you played.
		Guillermo Vilas: I think Arthur Ashe had the record of 31 straight wins before me (it was actually Laver)so when I passed him it felt good.
		Guillermo Vilas: Gaudio won one game and the crowd goes crazy and does the wave and this and that and then everything turned and the guy won the whole thing.
	www.sportsmediainc.net /tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=11379&bannerregion= (4652 words)

	Caribbean's First Tennis Academy
		Guillermo Vilas, Argentina’s most successful tennis player, was born August 17, 1952 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
		Vilas was instrumental in bringing tennis to the forefront in Argentina, which previously viewed tennis as a sport for the elite.
		Vilas’ trophies, tennis rackets and other memorabilia now sit in a museum in his hometown of Mar del Plata, Argentina.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/September03/CaribbeansFirstTennisAcademy.htm (751 words)

	Guillermo Vilas "Young Bull of the Pampas" - International Tennis Hall of Fame
		Vilas quit in disgust; such rackets were shortly banned.
		Although he reveled in the backcourt, Vilas startled Jimmy Connors with volleying forays that turned the U.S. Open his way, and set off a wild celebration after he'd won the last championship match in the 54-year-old Forest Hills Stadium, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, (7-4), 6-0.
		Vilas and Clerc were hardly a team, or doubles players; McEnroe and Fleming were the best.
	www.tennisfame.com /famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=120 (553 words)

	Vilas not impressed by Nadal: Sport: French Open: News24
		Paris - Guillermo Vilas says he is not impressed by Rafael Nadal's winning streak on clay even though the Spaniard will break the Argentine's record if he comes through his first round at the French Open on Monday.
		Vilas, who confessed he had to call the ATP to have confirmation of a record he had ignored, had his 1977 run ended in the Aix-en-Provence tournament semi-finals by Ilie Nastase.
		When I was 6-1 7-5 down, I threw in the sponge," said Vilas, who had won the Tehran, Bogota, Santiago and Buenos Aires tournaments that year.
	www.news24.com /News24/Sport/French_Open/0,,2-9-2040_1941589,00.html (252 words)

	Tennis Week
		Guillermo Vilas: I hear people say "Agassi should retire because of this and that." But you should retire the way you are and the way you played.
		Guillermo Vilas: I think Arthur Ashe had the record of 31 straight wins before me (it was actually Laver)so when I passed him it felt good.
		Guillermo Vilas: Gaudio won one game and the crowd goes crazy and does the wave and this and that and then everything turned and the guy won the whole thing.
	www.sportsmediainc.com /tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=11379&bannerregion= (4644 words)

	Vilas, un anfitrión de lujo en el Luna Park \| LANACION.com
		Si algo hay que reconocerles a Guillermo Vilas y a José Luis Clerc es que más allá de su condición de grandes del tenis argentino y mundial, saben cómo llevar adelante un show.
		Queremos que vengan los chicos campeones", anunció Vilas, y presentó a Nalbandian y a Gaudio para formar todas las combinaciones posibles de dobles.
		Durante el duelo entre los jóvenes y los viejos, Vilas volvió a frenar todo y les dio una sorpresa a Gaudio y Nalbandian: "Ahora van a tener que jugar con las raquetas de nuestra época".
	www.lanacion.com.ar /archivo/nota.asp?nota_id=762328&origen=acumulado&acumulado_id= (570 words)

	Vilas: "Si se jugaba un quinto set, creo que Acasuso ganaba" \| LANACION.com
		Guillermo Vilas estaba contento en la presentación de la Copa que lleva su nombre y que, desde hoy, se realizará por segunda vez, en el Luna Park.
		Esta vez será diferente, porque la Copa Guillermo Vilas tendrá sabor a Copa Davis por la participación de José Acasuso y Agustín Calleri, del lado argentino, y Dmitry Tursunov, del lado ruso, en definitiva el ganador el último fin de semana.
		Guillermo sostuvo la decisión de Mancini de incluir a Juan Ignacio Chela el primer día, frente a Nikolay Davydenko, quien justamente fue reemplazado para la Copa Guillermo Vilas por su compañero y figura en el dobles, Tursunov.
	www.lanacion.com.ar /archivo/nota.asp?nota_id=865429&origen=acumulado&acumulado_id= (665 words)

	"GUILLERMO VILAS" related terms, short phrases and links
		Guillermo Vilas is the greatest tennis player of all time and will go down in history as the ultimate CHAMPION of the sport.
		Guillermo Vilas knocks off Jimmy Connors in the men's inal, while Chris Evert notches her third straight title with a victory over Wendy Turnbull.
		Borg retained his French Open crown in 1975, when he beat Guillermo Vilas is straight sets in the final.
	www.keywen.com /en/GUILLERMO_VILAS (202 words)

	Vilas bitter at losing clay record
		The 19-year-old Nadal has been undefeated on the slow surface in his last 53 matches and looks set to add a 54th consecutive win when he kicks off his title defence at Roland Garros against Swede Robin Soderling.
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		Vilas definitely reacted rudely on having lost his record.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2006/may/30vilas.htm (300 words)

	Guillermo Vilas observó a Federer "asustado" contra Nalbandian en el Masters
		Guillermo Vilas observó a Federer "asustado" contra Nalbandian en el Masters
		Guillermo Vilas, el mejor tenista argentino de todos los tiempos elogió el triunfo de su compatriota David Nalbandian en la Copa Masters de Shanghai, en una final en la que observó un tanto "asustado" al número uno del mundo, Roger Federer.
		Vilas analizó las claves en la hazaña del cordobés para batir al helvético.
	www.cooperativa.cl /p4_noticias/site/artic/20051124/pags/20051124115741.html (361 words)

	Sportolysis - The World Sports Blog
		Rafael Nadal equalled Guillermo Vilas’ record of 53 consecutive claycourt wins when he beat Roger Federer 6-7 7-6 6-4 2-6 7-6 in the final of the Rome Masters.
		Tags: Clay, Guillermo Vilas, Nadal vs Federer, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer.
		Only the 53 consecutive mark of Guillermo Vilas, who achieved the feat in 1977, remains.
	www.sportolysis.com /tag/guillermo-vilas (632 words)

	Tenis del bueno en el Luna Park
		Vilas: "Argentina jugó muy bien, pero faltó algo"
		A la cita sólo faltó Chucho, y junto al resto de los tenistas estuvo Guillermo Vilas, que por segunda vez estará al frente del evento.
		Vilas aseguró que es muy importante poder organizar un evento "internacional" y que esta vez también hará entrevistas con los jugadores participantes, "para preguntarles cosas que yo creo que nadie les preguntó hasta ahora".
	www.clarin.com /diario/2006/12/06/um/m-01323116.htm (1296 words)

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